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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rebel \Reb"el\ (r[e^]b"[e^]l), a. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis.
See Rebel, v. i.]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt;
rebellious; as, rebel troops.
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Whoso be rebel to my judgment. --Chaucer.
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Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rebel \Reb"el\, n. [F. rebelle.]
One who rebels.
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Syn: Revolter; insurgent.

Usage: Rebel, Insurgent. Insurgent marks an early, and
rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to
government. The former rises up against his rulers,
the latter makes war upon them.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rebel \Re*bel"\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled
(r[-e]*b[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.] [F. rebeller,
fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare
to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel
to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the
ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See
Rebellion.
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The murmur and the churls' rebelling. --Chaucer.
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Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel
this day against the Lord. --Josh. xxii.
16.
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2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or
insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
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How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason?
--Dryden.
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WordNet rebel
adj 1: used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel
yell"
2: participating in organized resistance to a constituted
government; "the rebelling confederacy" [syn: rebel(a),
rebelling(a), rebellious]
n 1: `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers
by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War;
`grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
[syn: Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, grayback]
2: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the
constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving
conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, {freedom
fighter}]
3: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and
action [syn: maverick]
v 1: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn:
arise, rise, rise up]
2: break with established customs [syn: renegade]
[also: rebelling, rebelled]

Moby Dictionary
Bolshevik , Bolshevist , Bolshie , Carbonarist , Carbonaro , Castroist ,
Castroite , Charley , Communist , Cong , Fenian , Guevarist , Jacobin ,
Leninist , Maoist , Marxist , Mau-Mau , Puritan , Red , Red Republican ,
Roundhead , Sinn Feiner , Trotskyist , Trotskyite , VC , Vietcong ,
Yankee , Yankee Doodle , adversary , agitator , anarch , anarchist ,
anarcho-syndicalist , antagonist , antinomian , apostate , arise ,
assailant , attacker , bellyacher , bonnet rouge , brawler , breakaway ,
challenge , complainant , complainer , crab , crank ,
criminal syndicalist , croaker , dare , debunker , defy , disobey ,
dissent , dissenter , extreme , extremist , extremistic , factious ,
faultfinder , flout , frondeur , griper , grouch , grouser , growler ,
grumbler , heretic , iconoclast , insubordinate , insurge , insurgent ,
insurrect , insurrectionary , insurrectionist , insurrecto , kicker ,
kvetch , malcontent , maverick , mount the barricades , murmurer ,
mutineer , mutineering , mutinous , mutiny , mutterer , nihilist ,
nonconformist , opponent , overthrow , querulous person , radical ,
reactionary , reactionist , rebellious , recusant , red , reluct ,
reluctate , resistance fighter , resister , revolt , revolter ,
revolute , revolution , revolutional , revolutionary ,
revolutionary junta , revolutioner , revolutionist , revolutionize ,
revolutionizer , riot , rioter , riotous , rise , rise against , rise up ,
run riot , sans-culotte , sans-culottist , schismatic , seditionary ,
seditious , sorehead , strike , subversive , subvert , syndicalist ,
terrorist , traitor , traitorous , treasonable , turbulent , ultraist ,
whiner

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.